The first appreciable storm of the 2011/2012 season hits the Tahoe area! A foot at 6,500′ – stop reading this article now and get your ski boots on!
Remote weather stations at Alpine Meadows and Squaw reported 16″ at 6,900′ and 15″ at 8,200′ respectively. Are you really still reading this? The snow should be amazing with temps hovering around 25 F during the snow and wind speeds only gusting in the high 50mph range.